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A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK

Ziyachi, Mohaddeseh; Castellani, Brian

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Despite the existence of significant research on the mental health care challenges of migrants, particularly refugees and asylum seekers, less attention has been paid to treatment approaches. We used a case study from the UK to look at the topic from a cultural models approach (which comes from cognitive anthropology) to analyse migrants’ experiences with mental health care. Twenty-five refugees and asylum seekers living in North East England and Northern Ireland were interviewed who had used at least six sessions of talking therapy during the last three years. Our results suggested that adopting a ‘cultural models’ approach, which offers a new conceptual and methodological framework of migrants’ experiences and their underlying schemas and expectations, would significantly contribute to building therapeutic alliances and provide relevant and appropriate treatments for migrant clients, particularly for unrecognised pre- and post-migration traumatic experiences.

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Ziyachi, M., & Castellani, B. (2024). A ‘Cultural Models’ Approach to Psychotherapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Case Study from the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(5), Article 650. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050650

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 14, 2024
Online Publication Date May 20, 2024
Publication Date May 1, 2024
Deposit Date Jun 4, 2024
Publicly Available Date Jun 7, 2024
Journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Print ISSN 1661-7827
Electronic ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 21
Issue 5
Article Number 650
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050650
Keywords mental health, cognitive anthropology, asylum seekers, migrants, mental health treatment, refugees, ‘cultural models’ approach
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2472720

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